The Sacraments §1. Eastern Orthodox members may receive the Eucharist with Catholics, if there is no Orthodox Church available, since Catholics recognize no substantial barrier to communion between the two. First, what is the difference in the two churches? Is it true that in the Catholic Church children cannot participate in the Holy Eucharist? Even after 47 years in the Priesthood I am still surprised and deeply saddened by "Orthodox" Christians who are concerned about the state of the Holy Eucharist. The technical answer is found in Canon 844.See especially paragraph 3. A: The Catholic Church’s basic rules regarding the reception of the Eucharist by non-Catholics were already discussed in “Can a Non-Catholic Receive Holy Communion in a Catholic Church? In the Orthodox Church, children can be part of the Eucharist as soon as they have been baptized, and even newborn babies can recieve communion (of course, only the Blood of Christ at first). Also it implies that we are “united” to the faith community from which we receive the Eucharist. They are now known as Eastern Orthodox. What is the reason/ explanation for this? Dear Sebastian. Pope Francis set traditionalist teeth on edge yet again by seeming to suggest that a Lutheran could receive communion in the Catholic church after ... later left for the Orthodox Church…
However, the Catholic Church does not encourage this out of respect to the Eastern Orthodox Churches, which do not normally permit their members to receive communion in non-Orthodox Churches. Orthodox Christians are not permitted to receive Communion in non-Orthodox communities, including the Roman Catholic. If attending a service where the congregation receives bread and wine but only considers it a symbol, Lauren asks if Catholics can receive, since we agree (at that church), it is only a symbol and not the Body and Blood of Christ. These are common questions that I encounter in my ministry.
The thing is a Christian from either the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Church, and Church of the East (Assyrian Church) can not receive communion from any of these Churches without their Church's approval because each of these Churches … Also it implies that we are “united” to the faith community from which we receive the Eucharist. Closed communion is the practice of restricting the serving of the elements of Holy Communion (also called Eucharist, The Lord's Supper) to those who are members in good standing of a particular church, denomination, sect, or congregation. In year 1054 due to internal strife in the Church, some Eastern Catholics left Catholic Church gradually. Orthodox can receive Catholic Eucharist, but Catholics are forbidden to receive Orthodox Communion. (Albany, New York) A.